There are lots of really good singers out there who don’t sight read music as well as they would like to. Most of the folks in the choirs I’ve ever been in were in that category. Heck, I am in that category. For us it can be a bit time-consuming and difficult to learn harmony…… See More

When using MIDI (for a review of what MIDI is, see our article MIDI Recording – What Is It And Why Is It Awesome?), one of the coolest things you can do is edit the timing of each note AFTER it is already recorded, which is super hard to do with recorded audio. You can even…… See More

You may not be new to MIDI recording, but you may still not know what MIDI is or why it is so cool. MIDI is an acronym having to do with music and computers, but nobody ever really uses the full name so why confuse the matter? What? Because you’re curious? Okay, but it really…… See More

Yeah, the headline uses a “techie” sounding bit (ha!) of lingo, which I usually try to avoid. But sometimes you will run into these terms and it helps to know a little something about them. Bit depth in digital recording (using a computer or digital recorder rather than analog tape) refers to how many characters…… See More

In partnership with B&H Photo-Video-Audio, we have put together a home recording equipment bundle – Home Recording Starter Kit. [Update: Since Avid discontinued the Fast Track, we replaced the interface in this kit with the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2]. I designed this bundle with the primary goal of containing the bare minimum needed, at the lowest cost,…… See More